SHAH ALAM, Dec 22 — The High Court here today sentenced a maid from Thailand to death after finding her guilty as charged for trafficking in Methamphetamine weighing 2.81kg at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang, last year (March 2013).

Judicial Commissioner Collin Lawrence Sequerah sentenced Duangchit Khonthokhonbari, 33, to death after the defence failed to raise reasonable doubts on the charge.

Duangchit was detained for trafficking in drugs at the arrival hall of the KLIA, at about 9am on March 6, 2013.

The prosecution called nine witnesses during the trial while the defence brought in one witness to testify throughout the trial.

Prosecution was led by Deputy Public Prosecutor Nazir Amin Johari while the accused was represented by Chong Joo Tian. — Bernama